We present cases of primary open angle glaucoma patients without previous history of pseudoexfoliation who developed pseudoexfoliative materials on the anterior surface of the intraocular lens after cataract surgery. Among 5 unilateral pseudophakic pseudoexfoliation cases, 3 showed a more advanced state of glaucoma in the affected eye. The other 2 cases showed progression of glaucoma in the aff...

PURPOSE To evaluate the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in the blood and aqueous humor of glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous patients. To measure the adenosine triphosphate/adenosine diphosphate/adenosine monophosphate (ATP/ADP/AMP) concentration as a biomarker of the blood energy charge potential. METHODS We examined 40 consecutive patients with primary ope...

Trabeculectomy surgery has been shown to lower intraocular pressure and is the most commonly performed glaucoma procedure worldwide. However, giving a patient a 'bleb for life' is not without consequences and the failure of trabeculectomy to control IOP in the long term is well documented. In some instances, such as in patients with exfoliative glaucoma or primary angle closure glaucoma, catara...

AIM To compare the efficacy and safety of Ex-PRESS glaucoma filtration surgery to trabeculectomy in African origin patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed on 56 African American patients undergoing Ex-PRESS glaucoma shunt (E) or trabeculectomy (T) between 2004 and 2012. Data collected included intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medication use at baselin...

With selected patients glaucoma filtration surgery is highly successful. However, there is growing evidence that chronic topical medical therapy has a deleterious effect on surgical outcome. It has been suspected that topical drugs exert an adverse effect on the conjunctiva which results in altered postoperative wound healing. In this review the effect of previous topical antiglaucoma medicatio...

BACKGROUND MIGS have been developed as a surgical alternative for glaucomatous patients. PURPOSE To analyze the change in intraocular pressure (IOP) and glaucoma medications using different MIGS devices (Trabectome, iStent, Excimer Laser Trabeculotomy (ELT), iStent Supra, CyPass, XEN, Hydrus, Fugo Blade, Ab interno canaloplasty, Goniscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy) as a solo procedu...

AIM To report on the effectiveness of systemic steroid-pulse therapy in treating idiopathic choroidal detachment. CASE PRESENTATION Our patient developed idiopathic choroidal detachment after cataract surgery for pseudoexfoliation glaucoma and glaucoma filtration surgery. Systemic steroid-pulse therapy was performed, and the choroidal detachment resolved completely. CONCLUSION We suggest sy...

Canaloplasty is a highly effective, minimally invasive, surgical technique indicated for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma that works by restoring the function of the eye's natural outflow system. The procedure's excellent safety profile and long-term efficacy make it a viable option for the majority of glaucoma patient types. It can be used in conjunction with existing drug based glaucoma t...

Objective: To study success rate and long term efficacy and complications of the transscleral diode laser Cyclophotocoagulation in refractory glaucoma. Patients and Methods: In a noncomparative interventional case series, eyes of 9 patients with glaucoma resistant to conventional medical and surgical therapies were treated with transscleral diode laser Cyclophotocoagulation from 2004 to 2007. C...

Nationwide trends in glaucoma surgical procedures were assessed by using the NDB Open Data 2014 and 2020. In Japan, 33,340 non-laser, 54,569 laser, 88,019 total surgeries performed 2014. 2020, 60,108 60,547 120,655 performed. The rates from to 2020 180%, 111%, 137%, respectively. each procedure, angle surgery (326%), tube shunt (383%), ciliary coagulation (489%), gonio-laser (225%) remarkably i...